You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 29, 2020 12:13:52 pm PST #16883 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My codgerness was having a conversation with the high school grocery store clerk about the new ban on plastic bags. I worked when we switched from paper TO plastic. I kind of wonder if they will re-introduce baggers. We had "bagboys" who bagged the order while we were ringing, before the "scan and bag" plastic days. Or we would bag for each other if there were only a few customers. I say "bagboys" because that is what we called them, but it practice, they were two very elderly men most of the time.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 29, 2020 12:40:30 pm PST #16884 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Monkey paw version: it's the irksome UK Edition one.

And there's the inexplicable reason I felt no urge to pipe up and stake a claim!


Cashmere - Feb 29, 2020 12:49:21 pm PST #16885 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.

Jesse - Feb 29, 2020 2:30:01 pm PST #16886 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

One side benefit of my job: since I'm shopping a whole lot, I'm collecting tons of the Monopoly game cards from the supermarkets and faithfully plugging them into the slots on the game board. Since I'm pretty sure the "game" is rigged so that you have to collect dozens of pieces to find rare ones, I figure that I might just have a chance in hell of getting even one of the lower-level prizes.

Ooh, Theo, are you going to multiple stores? I figure THAT's the only way to win anything.

Speaking of jobs--a position opened up in the ASD program in the transition (18-26 year olds) program and I got it! I worked there last year as a sub and LOVED it, so I'm glad to be going back. I've definitely enjoyed being with the littles, but will not miss changing pull-ups and standing around in 30-degree weather at recess. I start as soon as we get back from the cruise.

Awesome, Scrappy!


msbelle - Feb 29, 2020 3:39:33 pm PST #16887 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

YAY Scrappy! awesome.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 29, 2020 4:31:53 pm PST #16888 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Congrats, Scrappy!


askye - Feb 29, 2020 4:42:34 pm PST #16889 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

Congrats Scrappy!!


Dana - Feb 29, 2020 4:43:09 pm PST #16890 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I have an in-person interview from the NDA place on Monday. Two interviews, actually. They want me to bring writing samples showing GUI documentation. Guess what? Anything from last job is protected by an NDA.

Sigh.


Dana - Feb 29, 2020 4:58:39 pm PST #16891 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

And they must have 3 references. Right now. With phone numbers.


askye - Feb 29, 2020 4:59:19 pm PST #16892 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

So a directive came down from corporate about disinfecting and having hand sanitizer at all cash registers. My supervisor went to Walmart, which was out, and finally found a lot of stuff someplace. So they were going around wiping down things like the escalator handle thing and all the registers etc.

One of my co workers got a little freaked out but I told them we should have been doing this all winter. And honestly we should do this all the tim.

And one co worker has been living in a no news bubble "it's just so negative I don't watch the news" and had NO IDEA about Covid 19. None .

I don't know what is going to happen with everything but I am getting worried about y parents. Especially mom since her lungs aren't the best.